Norman M. French Jr.

He leaves his wife of 20 years, Gail L. (Flagg) French; a son, Timothy A. French and his wife Elizabeth of Shrewsbury; two daughters, Deborah A. Martin and her husband Roger of Hubbardston and Marcia J. French of Maine; a step-son, Gary A. Daigle of Calif.; two step-daughters, Lana L. Lloyd of Leicester and Nancy G. Wood of East Brookfield; a brother, Donald T. French of Holden; a sister, Marian Cogswell of Spencer; six grandchildren; a great-grandson; nephews and nieces. His first wife,

Anne D. (Swicker) French, died in 1982, and a stepson, Darin B.

Daigle, also predeceased him. He was born in Worcester, the son of Norman M. and Marjorie E. (Taylor) French, and lived 46 years in West Boylston.

Mr. French graduated from Classical High School, attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a Lieutenant J-G for the U.S. Navy during the Korean and Vietnam Wars aboard several ships including the USS Yellowstone and the USS Severn.

He began his career as an industrial engineer for Norton Co. in Worcester and assisted in the development of the flak-vest used during the Vietnam War. He later worked at Penn-Dixon in Westboro, and at Applied Plastics in Norwood for more than 20 years. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of West Boylston and sang in its choir for many years. He was a member of the Navy Mutual Aid Association, Irving W. Adams American Legion Post 36 in Roslindale and the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.